Dynamic and Static Splinting as a Treatment for Plantar Faciiopathy
Sponsored by Dynasplint Systems, Inc.
About this trial
Last updated 12 years ago
Study ID
Status
Type
Phase
Placebo
Accepting
Not accepting
Trial Timing
Started 14 years ago
What is this trial about?
What are the participation requirements?
Inclusion Criteria
- All patients will have had a history of at least 3 consecutive months of plantar heel pain well-localized to the plantar fascia.
- All patients will have failed an initial treatment of non-weight bearing plantar and Achilles stretching.
- Diagnosis will be confirmed by physical examination by a single physician (JPF) with a typical point of maximum tenderness over the medial tubercle of the calcaneus
Exclusion Criteria
- rheumatoid arthritis
- local infection
- pregnancy
- patients with tumors
- unresolved fractures
- severe peripheral vascular disease
- history of prior plantar fascia surgery
- history of plantar fascia rupture
- age <18 years
- recent ( within 6 weeks) steroid injection